2024-03-27
Objectives
- To clarify substance of obstacles for wheelchair users and evaluate their influence
- To understand mechanism interrupting wheelchair user’s movement
- To obtain lessons for tourist-friendly environment
Methodology
@3 desitinations in Chiang Mai
- Organize survey team (2 pedestrians, 2 wheelchair users, and 1 photographer) and train them
- Record location per 1 sec. and speed using GPS logger while recording landscape
- Analyse the tracking data using statistical inference
Findings 1 Many obstacles affects spped and its fluctuation.
- Minor obstacles including rough road surface, narrow walkway, street-parking car, and clouded road appear frequently and influence wheelchair speed.
- It should be noted that faster movement does not mean better situation.
Obstacles